Kathleen Hermesdorf and Stephanie Maher
29 August – 2 September 2005
10.30 - 1700
at Chisenhale Dance Space
Curated by Jonathan Megaw and Robert Anderson
A rare opportunity to dance with and learn from two inspiring international teachers. The workshop will incorporate dynamic movement techniques and performance scores, progressing from solo work to duets and ensembles. Suitable for people with experience in contemporary dance and/or contact improvisation.
AM: MOTION TECHNIQUES
A vigorous and detailed class focused on the act of motion from the inside out, encouraging sensation, articulation, conductivity and efficient power. A warm up of breath and energy work, improvisation, technical explorations and physics in all planes sets the stage for an extended phrase of dynamic, three-dimensional choreography. The class progresses from stillness to performance, offering a pro-active and supportive training ground for resonant and expressive dancing. The work is inspired by studies in modern, ballet, jazz, martial, energetic and release forms, Contact Improvisation, somatics, body work and play.
PM: CONTACT IMPROVISATION
Discover and practice the science and playground that is Contact Improvisation. Strengthen your body, open your mind and awaken your instincts. Explore sensory and physical experiments of shared touch, weight, gravity and momentum and expand into three-dimensional space, spontaneous composition, trust and risk. Engage in scores and open dancing and experience serious play - matching wits and methods, sharing common ground and sudden miracles - by surrendering to and shaping the dance in the moment. Be ready for joint creations with formal & open structures and games, scores & scenarios ranging from the whimsical to poetic, cooperative to aggressive, simple to complex. (Knee pads are recommended.)
Cost: full £165
part-time/freelance £155
full-time student/unemployed £140
To secure a place please reply to this email and send a 50% deposit, payable to London Contact Improvisation, to: Jonathan Megaw, 23 Whitebeam House, Maitleland Park Villas, London, NW3 2HG.
Further info: Jonathan + 44 (0)7985 442 854
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Kathleen Hermesdorf has been dancing in San Francisco since 1991. She directs Motion Lab, a vessel for dance, music and improvisation via the studio, club and stage, with musician Albert Mathias, producing 5 seasons in residency at ODC Theater, most recently as part of the 2005 San Francisco International Arts Festival, and touring nationally since 1998 (www.motion-lab.net). She co-directed Hermesdorf & Wells Dance Company with Scott Wells, sharing an SF Bay Guardian GOLDIE Award in 1994 and was a member of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, receiving an Isadora Duncan Award in 1999. She worked with Sara Shelton Mann and Contraband from 1993-2003 and joined Bebe Miller Company in 2002. Hermesdorf, with mentor Brenda Way, is a participating member of Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange (CHIME), a project of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. Hermesdorf has been invited to teach for MJDC, Contraband, BMC, Dancers' Group, Rhythm & Motion Dance Center, ODC Company & Kid's Program, Stanford University, Sonoma State University, UC/Santa Cruz, Dancers' Workshop Wyoming, Links Hall, Earthdance/MA, K77 & Tanzfabrik/Berlin, TanzTage Festival/Potsdam and Impulstanz Festival/Vienna.
Stephanie Maher is known for her breathtaking physicality and for creating works that express a unique blend of intimacy, sensitivity, and wild humor. Her work has been performed on stages across the US, Germany, Holland and the UK. After training in New York, she spent 10 years in San Francisco, working from 1989-1993 as a dancer/choreographic collaborator with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. In 1995 She co-founded CORE with Keith Hennessy, Jess Curtis Stanya Kahn and Jules Beckman, and was a regular at 848 Community Space, often in collaboration with San Francisco dancer/ choreographer Kathleen Hermesdorf. In 1998 she relocated to Berlin where she continues to perform, organize, and teach in K77 Studios and the Ponderosa in Stolzenhagen, Germany, both of which she helped build and develop.
Stephanie Maher and Kathleen Hermesdorf met in San Francisco doing contact in the firehouse in 1992. They collaborated in Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and on their own as collusion until 1997 and have been teaching together and making work in and around Berlin since 2000. They are working on a sister city connection between San Francisco and Berlin to foster travel, teaching, improvisation, collaboration, choreography and performance.
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